MILTON HALBERSTADT | 'San Francisco (1)'

Kodalith line print, signed in ink on the image, flush-mounted, the photographer's 'm. halberstadt/243 vallejo st/san francisco 11' studio stamp and a 'Photography Collection of the Polaroid Corporation' label, with typed title, credit, and process, and accession information in ink, on the reverse, 1959

Acquired from the photographer in 1959 for the Polaroid Library Collection Sotheby's New York, Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, 21-22 June 2010, Sale 8649, Lot 81

This photograph, on paper with a surface sheen and flush-mounted to gray board, is in generally excellent condition. The corners and edges are lightly bumped, and the upper left corner is creased. There is very slight age-darkening at the periphery. The Polaroid Collection label on the reverse is annotated with the acquisition date 'May 8 1959' and the Number '150.' '(59): 752.01' is written in an unidentified hand on the reverse.
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